Win32.Bymer.B worm. is HERE!!!!!

[Rukee]

Why am I pickin this up like every two weeks????
I always get it while I`m surfing here....
* Win32.Bymer.B worm.

My anti-virus stops it from writing to the HD......but why is it here and does anyone elses anti-virus find it?????

 

[QUALTHWAR]

Hummmm, i had an email yesterday and Norton picked one up. It was some weird name...might have been that one.

 

[QUALTHWAR]

I just looked in my quarantine box and Norton calls it W32.Badtrans.B@mm.

 

[SpiritWalker]

I don't know if I am more careful, or just don't go to some of the cooler sites or what.. but I have only been emailed one virus awhile back.. I hardly ever get spam/unsoliciated emails.. but I do have several hotmails.. and others

 

[Rukee]

I got this while surfing HERE!!!
I was just going page to page and a warrning screen came on my computer. Happens about quit a lot. More then it should!!

 

[GoldenMouse]

Odd, I've never seen it. I have however, gotten the Anti-CMOS.a virus, a nasty bugger that made me have to reformat. Then there was also some simplistic one that my (now zealously updated) virus software nabbed from surfing. Nothing from email. That's especially surprising given that I use Outlook.

 

[QUALTHWAR]

My wife had a virus and i had to reformat to fix things. It was an old virus called: W95/CIH

 

[Jeremy Read]

CIH is a real problem to get rid of it doesn't do anything except on certain day of the month it damages your hard disc. It'a real pain to get rid of.

 

[QUALTHWAR]

Yeah, here is what i found out about it right after i discovered she had it:

The CIH virus, also known as Chernobyl, was first discovered in June 1998 in Taiwan. According to the Taipei authorities, the CIH virus was written by Chen Ing-hau, and the name of the virus derived from his initials.

CIH is a very destructive virus with a payload that destroys data. On April 26, 1999, the payload triggered for the first time, and caused many computer users to lose their data. In Korea, it was estimated as many as one million computers were affected, resulting in more then $250 million in damages.

In April 2000, although the virus is rather old, Symantec still believes the virus is in the wild and may cause damage to computer users who are using outdated virus definitions or who are not using antivirus software.


Also Known As: Chernobyl

 

[QUALTHWAR]

I believe the Chernobyl accident happened on the 26th of the month, which is why it was made to activate on that date.